NGC 6944
| Galaxy NGC 6944 |
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| AladinLite | |
| Constellation | dolphin |
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Position equinox : J2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0 |
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| Right ascension | 20 h 38 m 23.864 s |
| declination | + 06 ° 59 ′ 47.18 ″ |
| Appearance | |
| Morphological type | S0-: |
| Brightness (visual) | 13.8 mag |
| Brightness (B-band) | 14.8 mag |
| Angular expansion | 1.5 '× 0.6' |
| Position angle | 57 ° |
| Surface brightness | 13.7 mag / arcmin² |
| Physical data | |
| Redshift | 0.014734 ± 0.000120 |
| Radial velocity | 4417 ± 36 km / s |
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Stroke distance v rad / H 0 |
(205 ± 14) x 10 6 ly (62.9 ± 4.4) Mpc |
| history | |
| discovery | Albert Marth |
| Discovery date | August 15, 1863 |
| Catalog names | |
| NGC 6944 • PGC 65117 • CGCG 399-025 • MCG + 01-52-017 • 2MASX J20382387 + 0659476 • 2MASS J20382385 + 0659474 • WISEA J203823.84 + 065947.5 | |
NGC 6944 is an elliptical galaxy of Hubble type E / S0 in the constellation Delphinus the northern sky . It is estimated to be 205 million light years from the Milky Way and about 90,000 light years in diameter . Possibly it forms a gravitationally bound galaxy pair with PGC 65108 ( NGC 6944A ) .
The object was discovered by Albert Marth on August 15, 1863 .